Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-01-07

| ed the work done in his city schools.
John NJ Hall presented plan for n
| teachers reading circle assembly at Bay
| view, near Petosky, during tho summer.
| communication was read calling at
! tentlon 10 the teacher homicide, Fred
JoSelyn of Owosso, and asking that teach
ers join IN raising n fund to defend him in
his pending trial. The communication
went to the committee on resolutions
At the evening session the hall was
crowded by IA large and appreciative
audience to listen To the address of the Rev.
| Theodore Nelson, state superintendent
Owing TO the pressing business incident To
| the closing OF his term, Gov. Algcr was
compelled TO abandon the idea OF a recep-
ton 10 the teachers. The Undergraduate
| Youths of Our Time was the subject of
Supt. Nelson's address. The subject OF his
theme, he said, was the power that would
| rule the world for the first quarter of the
next century. The youth of our day is "A
social reformer of the most pronounced
type. They look with favor upon what
ever bears the magical name of progress.
IL was once said old men for counsel and
| young men for war, but in our time they
| give counsel and give ii freely. The rising
youth OF our times cares not for ancestry
and pedigree He feels like the famed
| French marshal, he is an ancestor himself
While our hero is far in advance. he is not
unmindful of the rights and claims of his
elders. In the future he will both give and
take hard blows. His vigor his training
| MS FtIhlniOentS, are All AT MS command,
| TO 10 as we'll as TO dare. What Is true of
the boy Is equally true of the girl of this
| era. The Young woman now goes 10 col
ioSc instead Of 10 a young ladies seminary
| She no longer seeks some substantial man
for prop but proudly stands alone and
dares 10 assert her right to make her own
| way through the world.
After the opening of the third days ses-
sion committee consisting OF Supt. d.
Howell, II. r. Pattengll and State Supt.
ct oh.
OF the preparation OF an educational ex-
| hlbit for the national teachers association
| 10 be held at Chicago next July.
Prof II. &. Rankin offered a resolution
which was adopted asking the legislature
| TO submit constitutional amendment
prohibiting the manufacture of alcoholic
liquors.
Education and the Labor Problem" was
| the theme OF DR.. J.. r. Fiske of Albion col
lege. Education i not panacea for the
! labor trouble, but a more general diffusion
OF popular education will do much 20 aid
us IN the solution OF the problem. IL Is
only as mind utilizeS force, employs it in
channels whore otherwise II would oper-
ate, that capital springs into being. Hence
| In general terms the more OF mind we put
| into the industry of the world the larger
| the amount OF products that will accrue
| therefrOm. one of the barriers which ed
cation will not wholly remove is the spirit
OF demagOCi~m that is cOrrupting our en-
tire political life Another great danger
| OF this country and the countries Of the
old world the influx OF foreigners will
| continue TO furnish elements Of discord
Cooperation has been suggested a a solu-
ton but when all has been done in this
| way there viii still be some who are only
loborerS, with no voice in the management
OF business.
Prof H. c. Adams of the university dis
cussed the paper Of DR. Fishc at length
Prof Hamilton King of Olivet read "a
! paper on county institute work. IN which
| he advocated two weeks Institutes, fewer
instructors and better acquaintance of
those who are appointed conductors with
| tho exact aim of the work TO be done
This paper elected much discussion and
pointed ont some methods for an improve
| ment Of tho system
Principal l.. G Hull of Detroit presented
a paper ON The Reading Circle. The
! tendency toward the scientific treatment
OF education must be recognized 10y every
| thoughtful teacher There must be i'm
| every true teacher n union Of real culture
and ability . impart the knowledge that
! he possess. Teachers institute, and asSo-
| cations furnish only stlmulcnt. and
! should he supplemented bv study Of edu-
! CatlOnal methods, that tine teachers may
not fall back in the old grooves The read
! ing circle has been organized for the pur
! pose OF aiding teachers in the choice Of
books. and that they may avail themselves
| of the help that comes through associated
| effort Mr.. Hull spoke at length upon the
| sub .ect of the selection Of books The
teacher who strives by study 90 fit himself
for larger work Will surely grow into a
! finer type of manhood. The only way TO
keep up with the times is 10y honest and
| persistent study. The reading circle has
! emphasized tie lesson that they who pro
fcsS 90 teach must know more than the
lessons OF the day. that teaching must be "a
| scholarly profession. Children should not
! he practiccd upon by qu0cks the public
treasury should not be drawn upon in or.
| der 10 try experiments TINT have already
| failed. Teacher,' enthusiasm SHOULD bc
kept alive 10y constant reading.
Supt Howell Of Lansing made "a report
showing the work done during the past
| year by the state reading circle He
| recommended that closer re
/ lation should exist between the state read
( ing circle and county board Of examiners.
The delegates from the county associa-
tons reported the following: We are in
favor OF county supervision, that some
measures he taken 20 secure the attend
ance Of common school teachers at the
state teachers association, that there
| ShOuli be 4 more general attendance ut
tho county institutes. that diStrict schools
should be better provided with apparatus ,
that the truant law be changed making IL
moro effective; that provision should be
made for grading district schools
These resolutions were thoroughly dis
cuSsed by the delegates from different
counties. aud were finally adopted by the
association. as were also resolutions rec
ommeuding that the law requiring the in
struction OF pupils in the effects OF alco-
hollc stimulants and narcotics be enforced
and congratuaIing the teachers and
schools upon the election Of so able and
experienced a teacher as Prof j Esta-
brook for superintendent of public instruc
ton.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President j W Ewing
Of lonia: vice president. President Stew
ems OF Adrian college aud Supt Stewart
Of Monroe; secretary, Stpt c. " Pickell
OF LudingtOn; treasurer Supt T.. l..
Briggs OF Grand Haven members OF exec
utive committee Prof. J.. QcLouth Supt
II. T.. French. and l.. II. Ha,scy: member,
OF the state reading circle Mary f. Tilor
and principal l. G. Hull. For representa-
tives 20 the semi-ccntennial ceebration ot
the founding OF the state university. Prin
cipal J. VI. b. Sill of the state norma
school was chosen.
The association then adjourned II Ia.
been one Of the very best gatherings evei
held 10y the teachers of the state and Will
an unusually large attendance.
Death Of Hon r. w Landon.
The Hon. Rufus W. Landon, for fifty